Storm Prediction Center
Day 1 and Day 2 Fire Weather Outlooks

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FNUS21 KWNS 110904
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0404 AM CDT TUE AUG 11 2009
VALID 111200Z - 121200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A LARGE UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE WEST WILL PRODUCE
HOT AND GENERALLY DRY CONDITIONS IN THE WEST. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH
WILL SLOWLY BUILD INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ALONG WITH AN
ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT. IN THE EAST...A WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL
BUILD INTO THE SOUTHEAST.
THE SURFACE PRESSURE PATTERN IS GENERALLY WEAK ACROSS MUCH OF THE
U.S. RESULTING IN GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS...OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORM
AREAS. A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF
THE NORTHERN ROCKIES...HOWEVER...THE FIRE DANGER IS ONLY IN THE LOW
TO MODERATE RANGE...SO DO NOT EXPECT ANY FIRE CONCERNS AT THIS TIME.
MUCH OF THE WEST WILL REMAIN HOT AND DRY...HOWEVER LARGE SCALE WINDS
ARE GENERALLY LIGHT...SO DO NOT EXPECT ANY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
AREAS.
..BOTHWELL.. 08/11/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

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FNUS22 KWNS 110927
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0427 AM CDT TUE AUG 11 2009
VALID 121200Z - 131200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL BUILD EASTWARD
INTO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. ELSEWHERE...THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH IN THE
WEST WILL REMAIN CENTERED OVER ARIZONA/NEW MEXICO. A WEAK UPPER
LEVEL TROUGH IN THE EAST WILL MOVE LITTLE DURING THE PERIOD.
A WEAK SURFACE PRESSURE PATTERN WILL PRODUCE LIGHT WINDS IN MOST
AREAS. MID LEVEL MOISTURE WILL MOVE NORTHWARD INTO NEVADA AND UTAH
THROUGH THE PERIOD ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH OVER
ARIZONA/NEW MEXICO.
THE NORTHERN ROCKIES MAY SEE AN INCREASING CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS...HOWEVER...EXPECT MOST TO HAVE WETTING RAINS AND THE
FIRE DANGER HAS REMAINED IN THE LOW TO MODERATE CATEGORY.
..BOTHWELL.. 08/11/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...